Antipneumococcal vaccination

Streptococcus pneumoniae (SP) is a gram-positive bacterium with more than 90 known serotypes causing around 11% of all deaths worldwide in children aged 1-59 months. A new era in prevention of SP-related diseases started in at the beginning of 2000s when a 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PC...

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Main Authors: Gian Vincenzo Zuccotti, Chiara Mameli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hygeia Press di Corridori Marinella 2013-08-01
Series:Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine
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Online Access:https://www.jpnim.com/index.php/jpnim/article/view/76